Florida man charged with hate crime after killing a gay man in a dog park
Authorities have explained why it took prosecutors weeks to bring charges against Gerald Declan Radford who is accused of killing John Walter Lay.
March 11, 2024
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stand your ground laws
Homophobic Florida killer says victim orchestrated his own attack
Gerald Declan Radford admits he shot and killed John Walter Lay while the gay man walked his dog, Roxy, but says he should be freed under the state's 'stand your ground' laws.
December 2, 2024
Judge Rejects 'Stand Your Ground' Claim Made in Savage Antigay Attack
Four men are suspected of brutally assaulting a gay couple during Miami Pride weekend in 2018.
February 8, 2022
Judge denies 'Stand Your Ground' claim from Florida man accused of homophobic murder
Gerald Declan Radford claimed self-defense after the death of gay man John Walter Lay in a Tampa dog park.
December 16, 2024
Arkansas Sen. Stephanie Flowers to Male Peers: You Going to 'Shoot Me?'
In a hearing on a proposed pro-gun law, Arkansas state senator Stephanie Flowers refused to be silenced and walked away victorious.
March 8, 2019
Antigay Protesters Vow to Ignore Marriage Equality Laws
Two conservative presidential candidates, a disgraced former congressman, antigay pastors, and the Duggar family are among those who vow to defy the Supreme Court.
June 15, 2015
White LGBTs: We Need Your Help With Police Harassment
No rational person condones the shooting of officers, but that doesn't mean things don't have to change with how African-Americans are treated by police. All LGBTs should empathize with that sentiment.
July 18, 2016
Be Killed or Be Caged?
For LGBT people of color or those from low-income backgrounds, there are seemingly two choices when faced with a violent situation: take the harm lying down, or fight back and face time behind bars.
July 18, 2013
Fighting to Free Ky Peterson on Trans Liberation Tuesday
Advocates are organizing to bring awareness to the black trans man's plight and hopefully see him pardoned by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
May 17, 2016
The Year In Hashtags
Or, the three words that defined 2014, according to our entirely unscientific research.
December 31, 2014
LGBTQ Asian-American Org.: Brunei Stoning Law 'Vicious,' 'Abhorrent'
The National Queer Asian Pacific Alliance wants to know why the Sultan of Brunei passed the most dehumanizing antigay law in decades.
April 7, 2019
7 takeaways from Kamala Harris’s Ellipse speech to ‘turn the page’ on Donald Trump
More than 75,000 people gathered to hear the vice president’s closing argument for an America under her leadership.
October 30, 2024
Trying to block Mr. Bloch
Congress should not be tinkering with a law that's in perfectly good shape already--and that five administrations have interpreted to protect lesbian and gay federal employees from job discrimination
July 12, 2005
Op-ed: Missing the Point in Ferguson
We must seek to understand the ways in which oppression is a shared burden that ignores racial and orientation boundaries.
January 1, 2015
Republicans Use Kim Davis to Score Points for President
The Kentucky clerk is becoming the symbol of religious freedom that Republicans had been looking for.
September 3, 2015
Oklahoma School District Inundated With Bomb Threats After Libs of TikTok Tweet
Experts have described the tactics employed by Chaya Raichik, who runs the account, as stochastic terrorism.
August 31, 2023
How LGBTQ+ Rights and Reproductive Freedom Are Forever Linked
The Supreme Court's stamp of approval in the recent Texas reproductive rights legislation puts the future of marriage equality on shaky ground.
September 14, 2021
Drag Doesn't Kill People — Guns Do
Tennessee legislators are passing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation while loosening gun laws, ignoring the real cause of violence.
June 29, 2023
WATCH: Tom Delay Promises to Fight Against Gay Rights to 'Bitter End'
The former House majority leader claims to love those who 'have chosen to be homosexuals' but 'abhor the sin.'
April 8, 2015